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All the big ideas, simply explained How does memory work? Who is the distractor in your family? What was the car crash experiment?The Psychology Book is your visual guide to the complex and fascinating world of human behaviour. Discover how we learn, become emotionally bonded with others, and develop coping mechanisms to deal with adversity, or conform in a group. Get to know key thinkers, from Freud and Jung to Elizabeth Loftus and Melanie Klein, and follow charts and timelines to make sense of it all and see how one theory influenced another.With pithy explanations of different schools of psychology including psychotherapy, cognitive psychology and behaviourism, this is an ideal reference whether you're a student, or a general reader. It's your authoritative guide to over 100 key ideas, theories and conditions, including the collective unconscious, the selfish gene, false memory, psychiatric disorders, and autism.If you're fascinated by the human mind, The Psychology Book is both an invaluable reference and illuminating read.Product Identifiers
PublisherDorling Kindersley Ltd
ISBN-139781405391245
eBay Product ID (ePID)111684754
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Psychology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
AuthorCatherine Collin, Joannah Ginsburg, Nigel Benson
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicPsychology, Popular Psychology
Publication Year2012
TypeTextbook
Number of Pages352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height244mm
Item Width198mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorDk
Series TitleBig Ideas
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom